Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to illustrate the prospects but also the limits of quantifying external benefits of urban and real estate development projects using the method event study. Another objective is the comprehensible derivation of an appropriate controlling system in...

The matter of external effects is already well analysed and discussed in various disciplines: welfare, environmental or regional economics analyse the (un)desired externalities in different contexts. However, a suitable comprehensive approach to measure positive external effects induced by...

"In geographic information systems (GIS) the collection, combination, analysis and visualization of spatial data is carried out in digital maps. Due to the significance of the location for this spatial data basis a commercial use of GIS seems to be suitable for the real estate economy. In German...

Ein Transfer der Globalstrategien und Resolutionen der Vereinten Nationen auf die Ebene der Finanzdienstleistungen – Dem Wohnungssektor kommt aus Sicht der Vereinten Nationen und der Weltbank eine Schlüsselstellung für Wachstum und Entwicklung einer Volkswirtschaft zu. Zur Realisierung...

Der weltweite urbane Wachstumstrend ist auch in Deutschland sichtbar, der Druck auf den Immobilienmärkten treibt die Bautätigkeit an die Schwelle des zur Verfügung stehenden Baulandes. Zur Flächenbegrenzung sollen neue Projektebesonders durch Innenentwicklung entstehen, große...

Der weltweite urbane Wachstumstrend ist auch in Deutschland sichtbar, der Druck auf den Immobilienmärkten treibt die Bautätigkeit an die Schwelle des zur Verfügung stehenden Baulandes. Zur Flächenbegrenzung sollen neue Projektebesonders durch Innenentwicklung entstehen, große...

An increasing amount of research has been devoted to internet search query data and its application to predict a broad variety of indicators such as stock/property markets, unemployment or flu infections.This paper aims to investigate whether changes in internet queries can be used to formulate...

This thesis advises on the optimal index construction technique on behalf of the commercial real estate broker organisation Dynamis in the Netherlands. The database contains 1993 rent-renewals in fifteen years of brokerage from 1984 to 1998. Out of the plethora of indices available in the real...

This paper aims to examine the issue of economic diversification in the context of the office markets in New York and London. These two markets are two of the most liquid office markets and attract a large degree of international investment. However, both cities are key financial service centres...